FROM ENGLAND TO THE PACIFIC. 3l7 



Miles. Days 



From Falmouth to S:^. 



1350 



8 



27q N. . ^ 23o S. 

 }^ l9q W. to 33o W. 



3130 



21 



^, 33q w. to Montevideo . 



1440 



8 



„ Montev. to Valparaiso 



2680 



15 



Detention in Montevideo 





7 



Port Famine , 





. 3 



Whole distance and time 



8600 



62 



Hence, it would require thirty-one days' steam- 

 ing; and, at an estimate of eleven tons of 

 Llanelly coal per twenty-four hours, the whole 

 quantity required would be three hundred and 

 forty-one tons, one-half of which would be 

 received on board in England, and the other 

 half in the Rio Plata. It is presumed that 

 steamers of the size named would be fully equal 

 to receive this quantity, over and above spare 

 machinery, provisions, and water. Should it be 

 thought that the passage from England to the 

 Rio Plata would be too long, one or two col- 

 liers could be ordered to stop at the Cape de 

 Verd Islands, which could be done without 

 much delay or expense, as they lie in the direct 

 route of the steamers. 



